By: Breanna Edwards An Ebony magazine cover from December 1974 Ebony Johnson Publishing announced Tuesday that it has sold Ebony and Jet magazines to an Austin, Texas-based private-equity firm, bringing to an end…
by José L. Flores The political and economic crisis in Venezuela is showing little signs of easing up. Similarly, the propagandistic reporting of this crisis is showing little signs of easing…
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — The formal regional conversation around marijuana in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will move to another level when the first national consultation on the issue is held…
By: Breanna Edwards Black students are almost four times as likely as white students to receive one or more out-of-school suspensions, new federal data released on Tuesday shows (pdf), underlining the grave disparity that still…
By Bill Fletcher Jr. / AlterNet I found myself reading about the impact of voter suppression, i.e., the efforts to inhibit voter registration and voter participation that have been orchestrated by Republican-dominated…
Cuban President Raul Castro (front C) poses for group photos with guests during the opening ceremony of a summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) in Havana, capital of…
By William C. Anderson When Guido Menzio sat down on a regional jet for a short flight from Philadelphia to Syracuse, New York, he certainly couldn’t have guessed what…
Muhammad Ali with his parents. AP By Gillian B. White All the things that my father loved and admired about Muhammad Ali were the things my grandfather despised—or, perhaps more aptly,…
By: Todd Steven Burroughs An image from when iconic boxer Muhammad Ali fought the Man of Steel in the comics. DC Comics The best thing about going to my barbershop as…
By: Lawrence Ross Three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali is greeted by the crowd the men’s 54kg boxing bouts at the Sydney Exhibition Centre during the Sydney Olympic Games in Sydney,…
By: Jason Johnson Black Muslim leader Malcolm X (2R), teasingly leaning on shoulder of tux-clad Cassius Clay (now Muhammad Ali) (L), who is sitting at soda fountain counter, surrounded by jubilant…
By David Remnick Muhammad Ali in Chicago, in 1966. CreditPHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS HOEPKER / MAGNUM What a loss to suffer, even if for years you knew it was coming. Muhammad Ali,…